Piece of knotted and tanged string with a piece of cotton textile and a small bundle of something wrapped in cotton attached to it. Also attached is a row of 8 red glass beads. [JP 3/11/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Piece of knotted and tanged string with a piece of cotton textile and a small bundle of something wrapped in cotton attached to it. Also attached is a row of 8 red glass beads. [JP 3/11/2003]
Geographical reference: Congo, Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Republic of; Angola
Africa > Central Africa > Angola
Person: Field collector E.R. Jones; Field collector Mrs E.R. Jones; Field collector Evan Rhys Jones; Field collector Elizabeth Jones; PRM source H.B. Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1915
Date collected: 1910 - 1915
Acquisition information: Donated: 2002
Materials and processes: Material Glass, Material Bead, Material String, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant
Dimensions: Length 210 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.91.19
Research and responses: Full name of Dr E.R. Jones possibly Evan Rhys Jones, see records at Regent's Park College Angus Library and Archive which suggest he worked in Africa between 1910 and 1920 with his wife Elizabeth. They were Baptist missionaries and medical staff [AP 21/7/2016]

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